Dispensing can or receptacle.



' No. 967.023.r

VPATENTED sEPT.24,19ov 0.1. BBBRHARD.

DISPENSING GAN 0R lI {EGEFI'CLE.

'MPL10/mon funn any?. n. 1m.

- box or receptacle,

CHARLES F. EBERHARD, OF NEWARK, NEW

JERSEY.

DISPEN SING CAN' OR` RECEPTACLE.

Specification of- Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed September l1, 1906. Serial No. 334,139

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, Cuantas EEBERHARD, a citizen of the United States, and a'resident of' the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improve-A ments in Dispensing Cans or Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. t

This invention relates to that type o1' dispensing cans or vessels utilized as containers for substances in powdered orpulverized form and comprising means for holding a substance in convenient form ready for use.

ATo this end the invention has in view a simple and practical construction of dispensing can or receptacle specially designed for use as a powder box or can and embodying in its organiz-ation an improved cut-off closure associated with a `sprinkler cap whereby the box or receptacle may be utilized for sprinkling or scattering the powder in the discharging operation.

At the same time the invention which is conveniently and easily vide for sprinkling the powderedl provides a cut-0H manipulated to procontents out of the while at the same time, when closed constitutes an effective and thoroughly tight seal which entirely closes the perforations through 4the sprinklercap and prevents waste of the powder and alsoprotects the same from vforeign substances and moisture;

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a cutofi attachment for a dispensing box which can be opened for discharging or sprinkling purposes by linger or .thumb pressure with the box held in the hand in the natural position for shaking out the powdered contents.

With these and manyother objects in view, which will readily appear to those familiar with the art, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

' The essential features of the invention involved in carrying'out the objects above indicated are necessarily susceptible to structural modification without departing from the scope thereof, but a preferred emf bodirnentjof the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in lwhich: v

Figure l is a perspective view, partly in section, of a dispensing box or can equipped with the improved cut-off forming the subject matter of the present invention, Fig. 2 is aver-tical' the cover or cap portion of the-box or can. Fig. 3 is an inner plan view of the cap or cover removed from the body ofthe box or can.

Like references designate corresponding parts in lthe several figures ofthe drawings.

In carrying the invention into effect any approved t-ype of conroner receptacle or box may be utilized,

sectional. view through siste of a circular metal blank though the preferable form'is shown in the drawings and designated bythe numeral l. tainer receptacle or boxi's the common type of cylindrical dispensing can utilized' as a dispensing vessel or receptacle for toilet powders, and in adapting the invention thereto the said receptacle or box has fitted to the top or open end thereof a sprinkler ca'p 2 which constitutes the main top closure therefor.

In the present invention the sprinkler cap 2 is preierably of a concave-convex shape in cross section and is provided with a peripheral annular flange 3 receiving the top ange of the box body and held thereto by a tight slip joint or other mechanical expedient such as is commonly utilized for securing the'metal cap or cover to the metal body. This detail is not a part of the present invention, and referring :further te the latter,

it will be observed that the said sprinkler cap or cover 2 is provided therein with a multiplicity of distribute ing 'perforations 4 through which the` powdered contents of the receptacle or box are sprinkled in the dischalging operation. p

To provide for controlling the discharge of material through the perforations 4 in the cap there is utilized a reciprocal cut-off disk 5 slidably mounted yupon the cap 2 at the inner side thereof. 'Ihis reciprocal cut-off disk 5 acts in the capacity of a valve and usually conor disk adapted to' be shifted `trarnsversely ofthe cap or cover 2 and provided therein with a plurality of discharge holes corresponding in spacing and number to the distributing per forations 4 oi the cap, and adapted to be moved in and outvof register with the latter. The said cut-off disk 5 is held to a proper working position upon the inner side of the cap 2 throughthe medium of a xed retaining and guiding pin 7 in the form of a double headed rivet secured centrally in the cap2, and projecting through a short guide slot 8 formed central y in the body of the disk or blank 5. I

.lit one edge, at one. side of the plane of the pin or rivet 7 the cut-ofi disk 5 is provided with an inturned holding arm 9 between which and the adjacent wall of the receptacle' or box is interposed a retractile closing spring 10 normally exerting its tension in a direction for holding the discharge holes 6 out of register with the distributing perlorations 4. Diamctrically opposite the holding arm 9 the said' cut-off disk 5 is further This form of conprovided with an inturned brace arm ll to which is connected the inner end of the stem 12 of the headed push button 13 which slid-ably projects through a guiding opening' 14 provided in theflange oi the cap 2 at one side of the latter. i

From the construction described it will 'be obvious that upon simply pressing the push button 13 inward, preferably by the thumb, the cut-off disk 5 is moved to V in register with the perforabring the holes thereof tions in the cap, so'that the powdered contents may a v n 867,023

be freely discharged, by sprinkling, from the reeep mele or box. Upon releasing the pressure of the thumb from the push button, the spring l() moves the cut-off disk to its closed position,

claim:

in a dispensing receptacle, u receptacle body, uflanged -berforated-sprinkier cap detachably fitted over one end of che body, a reniprocui eue disk siid'abiy supported at its` center upon the inner Side of the `cap, and provided with dmuetrenily opposite iuiurned bruce' arms. n closing 10 Stute of New York this tenth dny of September A. D. 12106. 15

CHARLES F. EBERIIARIJ.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM i'i. Mixemzs'rnu, Benfrrm A. IT'L 

